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Scotty sipped his coffee impassively, but behind the big glasses the twinkle left his eyes. "The inference you suggest would have been more obvious if you hadn't made the first remark," he said a little sharply. "I've noticed the matter of good family has quite an influence in this world." The subject was dropped, but nevertheless it left its aftermath.
And knowing, how did she dare defy me? I retained just sufficient presence of mind to stare back impassively and to mumble with feeble sarcasm: "I'm very sorry you think so." She came down a step. "Are you?" she asked imperiously. "Then will you prove it? Will you go back to Paris by to-night's train?" I had recovered myself. "There isn't any train to-night," I protested, civil, but adamant.
He wandered through it, and met only two or three Turks, who returned his glance impassively. After the sleepless night he had come out feeling painfully excited and scarcely master of himself. In Galata and on the boat he had not dared to look into the eyes of those who thronged about him.
'In a few minutes, said Hugo impassively, feeding his mortal resentment on the memory of those hours when he himself had waited for death in the vault. 'Then I shall have time to ask you how you came to know that Camilla Payne, or rather Camilla Tudor, is alive. 'She is not alive, Hugo explained. 'The suggestion contained in my decoy letter was a pure invention in order to entice you.
Brimbecomb impassively overlooked Floyd; but Flea he would have! "Yes," he said, "I think it will hurt them both." "How much money will ye give if I hand her over to ye?" asked Cronk presently. "How much do you want?" "Wal, Mister, it's this way: Ye remember that feller I had with me t'other day?" Everett nodded. "I mean, the feller with the hook?" Again Everett inclined his head.
However, there doesn't seem to be anything to do but take you. How much for the two of us?" "Your servant, sahib? He cannot ride in this tonga," asserted the driver impassively. "He can't! Why not?" "You can see there is room for but two, and I have yet another passenger." "Where?" "At the first dak-bungalow, Sahib, where the mail-tonga broke down last night.
Asked if this suite would do, he said it would, trying as well as he could to imply that he had seen better. Then the dandy produced a note-book and a pencil and impassively waited. The horrid fact that he was unelect could no longer be concealed. "E.H. Machin, Bursley," he said shortly; and added: "Alderman Machin." After all, why should he be ashamed of being an Alderman?
The broken timbers of the old bridge projected from the bank a short distance above the camp; a piece of weather-stained canvas stretched over them formed a kind of awning shading the rocks below, where the Chinese cook of the camp sat impassively fishing. The camp had a deserted appearance, for the men were all at work, tunneling the hill half a mile lower down.
One of the pickaninnies had carried the box and stood impassively by, gazing at Harmony. Le Grande placed her flowers on the grave. They almost covered it, quite eclipsed Harmony's. "I come here every morning," she said simply. She had a cab waiting, and offered to drive Harmony back to the city. Her quiet almost irritated Harmony, until she had looked once into the woman's eyes.
'I reckon you've heard, sir, Albert Shawn began impassively, 'the yarn that's going all round the stores. 'I have not. 'Everyone's whispering, said Albert Shawn, gazing carefully at his boots, 'that Mr. Hugo has taken a kind of a fancy to Miss Payne. Hugo restrained himself. 'Heavens! he exclaimed, with a clever affectation of lightness, 'what next? I've only spoken to the chit once.
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